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Centre
Theatre
Colour
Favour
Harbour
Dialogue
Catalogue
Judgement
All British in origin. Not French.
There is relatively little French influence in Canadian English outside of Quebec. With only a few exceptions (Ottawa, Moncton) and even there it is not a huge impact.
Centre
Theatre
Colour
Favour
Harbour
Dialogue
Catalogue
Judgement
All British in origin. Not French.
There is relatively little French influence in Canadian English outside of Quebec. With only a few exceptions (Ottawa, Moncton) and even there it is not a huge impact.
What's special about the way judgement is spelled?
Is it possible there might be more French influence in British English?
Could be.
But that's not why English Canadians chose these spellings.
French historically has had very low prestige in Canada. It's only been since the 70s approx that its image has started to improve and that it's seen as having at least some value and legitimacy.
Here's a resource. Looks like Canadian uses a mixture of British and American. Looks also like many words can have the "other" spelling as an accepted alternative.
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